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Magnificent Mountains in May

We enjoyed a little escape to the mountains today. Went
farther east than we normally go for a snow hike.
The 100 mile R/T is worth it. I couldn’t believe
it was snowing today and enjoyed every little
flake. However, as we drove up to the parking
lot and the slush was getting a bit worse, I was
thinking hope my rear wheel drive dogmobile
will make it. We couldn’t make it to the exact
parking area we normally use due to some ice
that had not yet melted into slush so parked
farther away from the final frontier.

The boyz
love this mountain. Fraser, at 11.5 gets chilly so needed his coat. Chase is a canine heater(copyright2009 Diane Rich)

It was glorious. As I was trudging my way
through some deep snow, we were all
making fresh tracks. The boyz ran back and
forth and had a fun time playing tag with each
other. When ascending up some little hills
their 4 paw drive was perfect for the task.
They looked over the top of the hill, probably
wondered why I needed that stick(trekking pole)
and my my how slow I was.

It was snowing today and overcast and perfect (copyright 2009 Diane Rich)

We ran into one x-c skier on the way back to the car.
Other than that, nature was all ours.

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